Senate Roll Call 241, 115th Congress · October 19, 2017

To ensure that all Americans receive a tax cut, keeping more of their hard earned money, and enjoy the benefit of tax reform.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

7 yea · 93 nayAmendment Rejected

Democrat0 yea · 45 nay

Republican7 yea · 45 nay

Independent0 yea · 3 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 71 ↗

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027.

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”
model(0.95): Ensuring tax cuts for Americans lowers tax burdens.
Tagged by: keyword:tax cut,tax reform
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.75): Enacting tax cuts reduces revenue and expands the fiscal deficit.
Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (7)

Nay (93)

Not voting or present (0)

None

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.